Max weber's manifesto in economic sociology

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ID4180165
AuthorsRichard Swedberg (0000-0003-0635-0581, Stockholm University, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume39
Issue2
Pages379-398
Publication date1998-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003975600007670
OpenAlexW2047767100
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

While references are often made to Weber's economic sociology, it is not commonly known that Weber himself only applied the term economic sociology (Wirtscftssoziologie) to one of his writings, namely to Chapter 2 in Part 1 ofEconomy and Society, "Sociological Categories of Economic Action". This text, as I show, has basically been ignored in the huge secondary literature that exists on Weber's work as well as by economic sociologists. It represents, however, a very important contribution to Weber's work in economic sociology; indeed, it can be said to constitute Weber's manifesto in economic sociology. "Sociological Categories of Economic Action" is presented and discussed, and an effort is made to make this difficult text accessible as well as to show that it contains some extremely interesting material in economic sociology

Action (physics) · Economic sociology · Economics · Epistemology · Industrial sociology · Manifesto · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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